A second century of ferns : being figures with brief descriptions of one hundred new, or rare, or imperfectly known species of ferns from various parts of the world
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A reissue of the 1861 edition
Continues Jackson's 1854 publication, A century of ferns (which also was issued as the 10th and final volume of Hooker's Icones plantarum)
Each plate accompanied by leaf with descriptive letterpress
The plates are signed: Fitch del. et lith.; Pamplin imp
Most of the plates are hand-colored; a few have actually been printed in green ink
Plates 31 and 32 apparently misnumbered, matching to text for 32 and 31, respectively? The plate numbering has been corrected by hand by a former owner in the Cullman Library copy
Nissen, C. Botanische Buchillustration
Stafleu, F.A. Taxonomic literature (2nd ed.)
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SCNHRB copy 39088006151302 has text and plates for 41 through 68 bound in a confusing order. After plate and text for 40, the order of plates is: 63, 57-61, 64-65, 62, 66-67, 55-56, 51-54, 41-50, 68-100. After plate and text for 40, the order of text is: 64, 57-62, 65-66, 63, 67-68, 55-56, 52-54, 41-51, 69-100
SCNHRB copy has stamp on title page: Smithsonian Institution Special Collections, Sep. 26, 1929. With stamp on page [v]: J.D.S. [=John Donnell Smith]
SCNHRB copy has a modern green cloth library binding with gilt-lettered spine and all edges gilt
Continues Jackson's 1854 publication, A century of ferns (which also was issued as the 10th and final volume of Hooker's Icones plantarum)
Each plate accompanied by leaf with descriptive letterpress
The plates are signed: Fitch del. et lith.; Pamplin imp
Most of the plates are hand-colored; a few have actually been printed in green ink
Plates 31 and 32 apparently misnumbered, matching to text for 32 and 31, respectively? The plate numbering has been corrected by hand by a former owner in the Cullman Library copy
Nissen, C. Botanische Buchillustration
Stafleu, F.A. Taxonomic literature (2nd ed.)
extracted picklist
SCNHRB copy 39088006151302 has text and plates for 41 through 68 bound in a confusing order. After plate and text for 40, the order of plates is: 63, 57-61, 64-65, 62, 66-67, 55-56, 51-54, 41-50, 68-100. After plate and text for 40, the order of text is: 64, 57-62, 65-66, 63, 67-68, 55-56, 52-54, 41-51, 69-100
SCNHRB copy has stamp on title page: Smithsonian Institution Special Collections, Sep. 26, 1929. With stamp on page [v]: J.D.S. [=John Donnell Smith]
SCNHRB copy has a modern green cloth library binding with gilt-lettered spine and all edges gilt
Notes
No copyright page found. No table-of-contents pages found. No page numbers. Some plates out of order. Plate missing after description of plate LXVIII in physical volume.
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